Mill Village Folk Art Prints
I feel truly blessed to have grown up on a cotton mill village in the 1950's & 60's when the textile industry was at its peak. Thanks to our hardworking elders who worked in the textile mills, my generation was able to have a better life. Sadly most of those elders and textile mills have passed on. In the 1990's, I was inspired to use my art as a tribute and to illustrate the stories of the cotton mill people and their neighborhoods. The neighborhoods may have been in different cities and states, but the stories are similar.
The landscapes of the cotton mill villages were dotted with Smokestacks, Water Tanks and Steeples. Therefore, I chose this as the title of this portfolio of paintings and the title of my newest book. The inspiration I had way back when still burns deeply within me this day!
Mill Village Christmas
Night time snow scene in the village.
Signed & numbered print
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (Includes shipping)
Knight's Store
Children sharing their change to buy one soda at the mill village store!
Signed & numbered print
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 Includes shipping
Snow Shine
Village snow/Christmas scene
Signed & numbered print
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 includes shipping
Slippery Memories
Children playing in the snow on the mill village.
Wide white border (overall size 11X14)
Signed & numbered print
11"H x 14"W
$17 ..00 includes shipping
Mill Hill Wheels
The wheels on a cog wheel wagon were made from the gears on the looms in the cotton mill. Signed & numbered print
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 includes shipping
Third Street
Family walking to church on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print
11"H x 17"W
$20.00 (includes shipping)
Drying Time
The clothes drying on the line are items often worn by the textile workers. Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 17"W
20.00 includes shipping
Mill Hill Idol
Children singing on the porch of a mill house.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes shipping
Waiting On The Ice Cream
Churning ice cream on the back porch on a hot summer day and waiting on the neighbors to arrive.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (Includes shipping)
Under The China Berry Tree
Children playing under the china berry tree. A tree indigenous in the southeastern US. They were plentiful on the mill villages. Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (Includes shipping)
Summer Theater
Plays performed for the neighbors under the big oak tree on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00
"Going Cruisin"
Nothing was more fun than getting together with
friends and cruising the local burger joints!
Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (includes shipping)
Fall In Progress
Raking leaves and selling apples on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (Includes shipping)
"Shift Change"
Shift change at the textile mill in the late 1950’s or early sixties.
12"H x 24"W
Not available
Back Alley Kite Flying
Back alleys were service roads between the streets on the village. The perfect place for kite flying, bike riding etc.
12"H x 24"W
Currently not available
Mill Hill Churches
Artwork used on poster of the 9th Annual Greenville Textile Heritage Festival titled "Fabric Of Our Faith, Woven At The Mill Hill Church"
8"H x 10"W
Currently sold out
"Around The Radio"
A 1940's family is gathered "Around the Radio". The mill and village at night is featured in the windows.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
"Clothesline Chats"
Neighbors are chatting as they hang out their laundry in this retro scene of the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
"Opry Saturday Night"
A family is gathered around the radio on a Saturday night listening to the Grand Ole Opry.
A nighttime scene of the mill is featured in the window.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
"Summer Fun"
A cold sweet treat on a hot summer day when the ice cream truck visits the mill village!
Signed & numbered print
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 Includes shipping
"Front Porch Politics"
Depicts three men sitting on the front porch of
a mill house in the 1950's discussing the recent election.
Signed & numbered prints.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
"Snapping Beans & Singing Praises"
We loved to visit Grandma who lived on the mill village. We would help her snap beans while we sat in the swing and sang along with the radio! Signed & numbered prints.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
"First Set of Wheels"
Children riding "cogwheel" wagons made with the gears from the textile machinery in the cotton mills.
Signed & numbered prints
14"H x 11"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
“Date Nite”
Dating on the front porch of a mill house on the Mill Village in the early 1960s. Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (includes shipping)
“Groceries for Grandma”
Grandma happily greeting family members who are bringing her groceries, love and hugs!
Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (includes shipping)
‘’Future League Players”
Depicts mill village neighborhood kids of yesteryear playing ball.
Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (includes shipping)
Picnic in the Park
Ca. 1950’s children and parents enjoying the local park near the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 (includes shipping)
Headed to Myrtle
1950’s mill village family packing for a trip to Myrtle Beach,SC
with the neighbors tagging along! Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes shipping
“Watermelon Memories”
A hot summer day in the mill village with family and friends enjoying a cool watermelon!
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 ( includes shipping)
A Cold Day in Cateechee
This boarding house at the Cateechee Mill Village in Cateechee SC housed the teachers of the elementary school and salesmen who had business at the Cateechee Mill. Signed & numbered print.
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 (includes shipping)
“Making A Joyful Noise”
Christmas snow scene of Carolers on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes postage
Sunflowers in the Village
Sunflowers in the mill village.
Signed & numbered print
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 includes shipping
Slater Celebrates
Children shooting fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July in Slater, SC
Signed & numbered print.
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes shipping
Spring Cleaning
Depicts quilts hanging on the line to dry before packing away during warmer weather!
Signed and numbered prints
8"H x 10"W
$15.00 includes postage
Spring Cleaning
Undergarments of yesteryear!
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
Signed & numbered prints
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes postage
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
Undergarments of yesteryear!
Signed & Numbered prints
8"H x 10"W
$15 includes postage
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
Undergarments of yesteryear!
Signed & numbered prints
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes postage
Papa Picking Poke Salad
Signed & numbered print
Papa Picking Poke Salad
11"H x 14"W
$18.00 includes shiong
Papa Picking Poke Salad
Signed and numbered print
Papa Picking Poke Salad
8"H x 10"W
$15 includes shipping
Front Porch Praise
Signed & numbered print
Grandparents and children singing hymns
on the front porch!
8"H x 10"W
$15 (includes shipping)
Front Porch Praise
Signed & numbered print depicting Grandparents
& children singing hymns on the front porch!
11"H x 14"W
$18 ( includes shipping)
